* Implemented multiple simultaneous downloads: Up to now, you had to choose between downloading files one by one (the default), or start a download as soon as it was requested, which could badly affect your bandwidth when visiting other pages. You can now define the maximum number of concurrent downloads. The default value is 2 and can be changed from the extension preferences in section Services, tab Download. * Implemented bug #38: Requesting a quick download should display a notification * Fixed (reopened) bug #6: Cannot save files containing the backslash character in the name * Fixed bug #106: SmartName error in console * Fixed bug #86: When added to black list, corresponding should be removed immediately from the download menu * Fixed bug #113: If smartname provides a too big description, Firefox hangs in tweet this video * Made compatible with Songbird 1.4.1 to 1.6a. * Updated locales.

* Added the capability to perform a Quick Download operation of the currently viewed media when clicking on the icon (either in the toolbar or the statusbar). The default is still to display the supported sites list and can be changed from the preferences. * Added alert message when failing to create the output file. * Added .mp4 in the list of possible extensions when defining a conversion rule. * Added Arabic locale. * Fixed bug #28: Media capture method could lockup Firefox for a while if the page contains too many links. The number of links to be handled is now 50 by default and can be changed from the preferences. * Fixed bug #16: Smart naming not working in the history. * Fixed bug #33: Smart naming not working for gallery capture. * Fixed bug #8: Supported sites dialog opens collapsed after Customize toolbars has been used. * Fixed bug #26: Download a YouTube video containing the character '' caused the download to fail on Windows. Also fixed similar issue with character.

From 4.6.3 to 4.6.4:

* Passwords for Twitter and MP3Tunes features are now stored in the login manager and not in the preferences anymore.

* Updated the YouTube capture method that was no longer working due to a change in YouTube pages. * Fixed bug introduced with the SmartNaming feature where YouTube high-quality format (like [HQ18] was no longer displayed in the menus. * Fixed bug with SmartNaming causing the context menu entry SmartNaming still appearing while the feature was disabled. * Added Danish and Slovenian locales. * Updated other locales.

* Added the capability to tweet a video over Twitter. If you don't know yet about Twitter, it is a micro-blogging service that has become outstandingly popular for the past few months. Learn more here: http://www.downloadhelper.net/twitter.php * Added default Smart Naming database (importing the latest database from DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab Smart Naming is still a good idea) * Fixed compatibility of the Smart Naming feature with some menu redrawing extensions like CuteMenus. * Fixed Smart Naming feature for file names when the video title is too long. * Fixed minor issues

* Here is an improvement that has been requested by many users for a long time: getting a meaningful default file name instead of just a serie of digits that you get from most sites. Details about the Smart Naming feature are there: http://www.downloadhelper.net/smartname.php * Filtered out some special characters in file names when using the Capture from YouTube link(s) method * Updated locales

* Fixed broken gallery capture. * Fixed YouTube widget menu: the menu attached to the widget was misplaced, due to a bug in Gecko (Firefox layout engine), revealed by a change in YouTube page structure. This was causing the Quick Download service to be started immediately instead of giving the menu choice. * Fixed exception in converter path setting (this could occur on non-Windows platforms only). * Updated locales.

* Extended download menu: when you move the mouse over the videos in the download menu, you can see a sub-menu giving direct access to all possible actions you can take on this media (Download, Download & Convert, Copy url to clipboard, ...). Note that you can still click the main entry as it was before, with your configured quick keys. If you prefer the old way menu, you can easily switch back from the extension preferences, section General, tab Behavior, parameter Extended download menu. * The History feature now also tracks MP4 files, not only FLV. * Added Czech locale.

* New drop-down menu widget integrated into YouTube pages to give instant access to available services. * New pre-defined video conversion MOV format for QuickTime. * Fixed display of the preferences dialog on Firefox 2.0 * Integrated MP3Tunes services (send to mobile phone, to private locker). The feature is still in beta and must be enabled from the preferences. * Added Bulgarian locale. * Several minor fixes.

* Complete rewrite of the DownloadHelper core engine to allow new detection methods (like RTMP in a next version) and new services to be applied to detected media (like sending the audio track of a video directly to your mobile phone in the next version). * Holding the CTRL key while clicking on an entry in the menu gives access to all available services. * Services can be directly accessed with configurable accelerator keys. * Extension preferences have been entirely redesigned for an easier configuration. * Smaller footprint of the watermark when converting videos while unregistered. * Entries in the download menu corresponding to a media from the currently displayed page now appear in bold. * New pre-defined video conversion format for Zune (only appears on new DownloadHelper installs, on existing extension setup, check the conversion configurations page to add this format). * Several minor bugs fixed.

* Added a safe mode to enforce child protection. When you switch DownloadHelper to this mode, it becomes impossible to access explicit content sites from either the extension or our web site. * Added a pre-defined mode for converting to iPhone. This mode is directly accessible for new installations, otherwise you can load the iPhone mode from page http://www.downloadhelper.net/conversion-configs.php . * Fixed a bug introduced in 3.4 causing in some cases YouTube downloads to save 0 bytes files. * Fixed an issue causing some videos to be missed when using YouTube bulk downloads from selected links. * Removed some error console warnings displayed when in 'strict' mode. * Updated/fixed some locales

* When in a YouTube page, if the video has a high-quality version, a new entry (HQ) is automatically shown in the download menu to get directly this video version. * When using the YouTube bulk download (select a set of links to YouTube pages, right click, choose Download video(s) from YouTube link(s)), the high-quality version of the videos are downloaded if available. * Default video conversion format is for Windows Media Player. * Fixed minor bugs (conversion configuration handler and license auto-registering).

* Video conversion configurations can now be named, shared and installed in a simple click. * Scanning pages to discover media links has been optimized for better performances on slow computers / large pages. * Sizes in the preferences dialog has been fixed * Service prompting now does not pause the download workflow * Updated pt-BR locale

* New conversion configurations have been added: regular MPEG and WMV * Video conversion to iPod has been fixed * The height of the DownloadHelper icon in the status bar has been fixed * Vietnamese locale added * This version of DownloadHelper is now compatible with Songbird 0.7.0

* The DownloadHelper icon can now be displayed in the status bar (check parameter 'Show in status bar' in the extension preferences) * It is now possible to setup a minimum file size to prevent some false hits (setup parameter Trigger minimum size in the preferences) * Default Quick download key (to capture the media currently playing) is now CTRL+ALT+Q (former CTRL+ALT+D was used by another function) * Quick download and Open download folder keys are now configurable from extension preferences * Fixed issue on a few sites where FLV files went through the conversion rule list * Added Songbird 0.7pre compatibility * Fixed German locale

* Fixed issue with downloading videos from YouTube resulting into an empty file or a 345 bytes file decribing a bad access. This problem happened when using the second entry in the download menu (the one with the red back arrow icon), required to take benefit of the video caching. * Updated Portuguese locale * Fixed about dialog in Finnish locale

Version 3.0 introduces major architectural changes into DownloadHelper that will allow new exciting features in the next releases. However, the interface remains the same for the older features.

* The FLV videos you start viewing can now be remembered. At any any time, you can can visit your history and request the download of several videos in batch or go directly to their original page. To enable this feature, open the extension preferences and select 'enabled' in the 'History' tab. Once done, visit a few videos from YouTube for instance then right click on the DownloadHelper icon and choose 'History'. Please note that the History is currently limited to FLV videos * The number of duplicate entries in the download menu has seriously been reduced * Fixed capture of MP3 galleries * Fixed memory leaks when closing popups